ID: 700008521 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008521	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Henry Bacon’s Competition Proposal for a Monument to Abraham Lincoln (competition drawing; architect: Henry Bacon; draftsman: Jules Guérin; commissione...; 1912;)

Note: In 1912 this design by Henry Bacon was selected as the winner of a national design competition for the Lincoln Memorial. His design was in the neoclassical style, inspired by the temples of Greece. The design also featured a 19 foot statue of Lincoln, designed by sculptor Daniel Chester French, and murals, painted by artist Jules Guerin. Construction for the monument began in 1914 and was completed in 1922.

Titles:

Henry Bacon’s Competition Proposal for a Monument to Abraham Lincoln (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Temple design for the Lincoln Memorial (C,U,DE,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

competition drawing [300034381] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, drawings (visual works), <drawings by function>)

Classifications:

drawings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1912

Creator Display:

architect: Henry Bacon; draftsman: Jules Guérin; commissioned by Lincoln Memorial Commission [preferred,VP]

commissioner (person who orders works) Lincoln Memorial Commission (American presidential advisory commission, 1911-ca. 1927) [500372721]

draftsman Guerin, Jules (American painter and illustrator, 1866-1946) [500018717]

architect Bacon, Henry (American architect, 1866-1924) [500029359]

Locations:

United States National Archives and Records Administration (Washington, DC, United States) [500263780] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: National Archives Identifier: 2581318; Other Identifier: 15643; ARC Identifier: 2581318

Display Materials: painting

	painting (image-making) [300054216]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <painting and painting techniques>)

Dimensions: unavailable

Events:

competition: 1911-1915

Cultures:

American (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Abraham Lincoln (American president, 1809-1865) [500344436]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	commemoration (function) [300404834]
	.....(Activities Facet, Functions (hierarchy name), functions (activities), <functions by specific context>, social functions) (AAT)

	Neoclassical [300021477]
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

............... Group 42: Records of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, 1790 - 1992

.................... Series: Proposal Plans for a Lincoln Memorial, 1911 - 1915

..... Conceptual Works

.......... Conceptual works by class: for architecture

............... Lincoln Memorial Project

.................... Lincoln Memorial Competition 1911-1912

Sources and Contributors:
Henry Bacon’s Competition Proposal for a Monument to Abraham Lincoln	........ [VP]
	........ National Archives and Record Administration [online] (2000-)
	........ National Archives and Records Administration database (1987-)
Temple design for the Lincoln Memorial	........ [VP]
	........ Unknown source

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... History of the National Mall [online] (2000-)